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A Chinese man has been sentenced to two years in jail after hacking a Red Cross web site launched for the victims of China's recent earthquake. Christopher Smith, the notorious "pharmacy spam king," has received a 30-year-jail sentence for running an illegal internet store that sold millions of dollars in prescription drugs. Two students have been charged with hacking into the California State University database and changing their grades.. A New York court has sentenced a persistent spammer to 30 months in prison. Up to two years behind bars for launching denial of service attacks. The web is not as free as you might think. In some countries, posting critical views online can cost you your freedom. New powers will increase maximum jail sentences for hackers. A man described by Microsoft as one of the top ten spammers in the world has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail. UK's highest court has quashed Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon's appeal against an extradition order. Sandboxing processes in tabbed browsers – as seen in Chrome - is great for security, as long as users understand how to use the technology, a security expert has warned. Looking for the board to invest in your security project? Learn to speak their language before you pitch, suggest Jessica Twentyman Lawyers for Gary McKinnon, the hacker who broke into Nasa computers, have appealed to the Home Secretary in a bid to stop him being jailed in the US. A Brazilian man has been indicted for conspiring to broker the sale of a botnet which allegedly damaged 100,000 Pcs. A European court has intervened in Gary McKinnon's extradition to the United States. The British hacker has been given a temporary reprieve, but still faces extradition later this month. A California man was sentenced to three years in prison last week for hacking into thousands of PCs, including some within the U.S. Department of Defense. Amnesty International is calling for Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft to stop allowing the Chinese government to censor the Internet for its citizens. The mayor of San Francisco has intervened in the case of the city’s FiberWAN network being taken over by a rogue administrator. An Israeli firm of private investigators has been rapped for using spyware to steal sensitive information.. A teenager has pleaded guilty to running a botnet of 1.3 million PCs from his home in New Zealand.. Microsoft claims that a small group led by a recently jailed Taiwanese man was the source of almost all high quality pirated copies of its software up until his arrest in 2004.